India's new satellite GSAT-16 launched

India's new satellite GSAT-16 launched
by Staff Writers
New Delhi (XNA) Dec 08, 2014

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India on Sunday had its latest satellite GSAT-16 launched aboard a European Union's Arianespace rocket, a fresh move believed to augment the country's space capacity to boost communication services, local media reported.

The latest satellite GSAT-16 was successfully launched on board Arianespace rocket from the space port of Kourou in French Guiana in the early hours Sunday, after a delay of two days due to bad weather, said the Press Trust of India.

The satellite with a lift-off mass of 3,181 kg was injected into the intended geosynchronous transfer orbit about 32 minutes after a perfect lift-off of Ariane 5 space rocket, said the report.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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